All who obey his commands keep in union with him, and he does with them; and this is how we know that he keeps in union with us??y the Spirit which he has given us.

You can tell the Spirit of God in this way: all inspiration that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in human form comes from God,

We are God's children. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not a child of God will not listen to us. In this way we can tell what is inspired by truth from what is inspired by error.

God's love for us has been revealed in this way??hat God has sent his only Son into the world, to let us have life through him.

This is the way we know that we keep in union with him and he does with us??ecause he has given us some of his Spirit.

Love attains perfection in us, when we have perfect confidence about the Day of Judgment, because here in this world we are living as he lives.

This is the command that we get from him, that whoever loves God must love his brother also.

This is how we can be sure that we love the children of God: it is by loving God and obeying his commands.

It was he, Jesus Christ himself, who came in water and in blood; not in water only, but in water and in blood. The Spirit also testifies to this, for the Spirit is truth.

If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is stronger still; for the value of God's testimony lies in this, that he has testified to his Son.

And that testimony is that God has given us eternal life, and that this life is found in his Son.

I have written this so that you who believe in the Son of God may know that you have eternal life.

Love means this, that we be guided by his commands. The command, as you have heard from the beginning, is to be guided by love.

If anyone comes to you without bringing this teaching, do not let him come into the house or bid him good morning.

Blessed be the man who reads this prophecy and those who hear it read and heed what is written in it, for the time is near.

The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the guardian angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

But to the rest of you at Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching and have not learned the "deep things" of Satan, as they call them??o you I say, I have no fresh burden to lay on you,

Immediately after this I found myself in a trance, and there stood a throne in heaven with a being seated on it.

And this was how the horses and their riders looked in my vision: Their breast-plates were fire red, dark blue, and yellow. The horses' heads were like lions' heads, and fire, smoke, and sulphur poured from their mouths.

Whoever is destined for captivity will go into captivity; whoever kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. On this fact rests the endurance and fidelity of God's people.

On this fact rests the endurance of God's people, who obey God's commands and cling to their faith in Jesus.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who from this time forth die as Christians!" "Yes!" answers the Spirit, "Let them rest from their toil, for what they have done will go with them!"

Then I heard the angel of the waters say, "You are just in pronouncing this sentence, you who are and were, the Holy One;

for in a single hour this vast wealth has been destroyed!' All navigators and all who travel by sea, sailors and sea-faring men, stood a long way off

On his clothing and his thigh he has this title written: King of kings and Lord of lords.

The rest of the dead were not restored to life until the thousand years were over. This is the first resurrection.

Then death and Hades were flung into the fiery lake. This is the second death??he fiery lake.

Then he who sat upon the throne said, "See! I am making everything new! Write this," he said, "for these words are trustworthy and true.

He who is victorious will possess all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

But the cowardly, unfaithful, and polluted??urderers, immoral people, those who practice magic or idolatry, and all liars will find themselves in the burning lake of fire and brimstone. This is the second death."

See! I am coming very soon! Blessed is he who heeds the words of prophecy that are in this book."

But he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers the prophets and the men who heed the words of this book. Worship God!

"Do not seal up the words of prophecy that are in this book," he said to me, "for the time of their fulfilment is very near.

"I, Jesus, sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am of the line and family of David, I am the bright morning star."

"Come," say the Spirit and the bride. Let everyone who hears this say, "Come!" Let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wants it come and take without cost living water.

I warn everyone who hears the message of prophecy in this book read, that if anyone adds anything to it, God will inflict upon him the plagues that are described in this book;

and if anyone removes from this book any of the prophetic messages it contains, God will remove from him his share in the tree of life and the holy city which are described in this book.

He who testifies to all this says, "It is true! I am coming very soon!" Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!